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I'd meant to go to a couple of the Royal Shakespear Co.'s series of the comedies and missed them. Finally managed to get to the last night of the season, which was As You Like It, on Saturday. Fun- ( a better second half than first. )Rosalind was excellent, which is the main thing, of course. Orlando falling in love with Ganymede-Rosalind was nicely done as well.
Best footnote in a script ever: The Reduced Shakespeare Company's Compleat Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), p. 103.
"Hamlet: ... in this harsh world draw my breath in pain to tell my story. [Fn 11184] The rest is silence.
"11184: 'tell my story'; Hamlet, and the entire Royal Danish court at Elsinore, are obviously a fairly sordid lot. By telling their story, the RSC in no way wishes to imply that ALL Danes kill their brothers, marry their widows, usurp the throne, drive their girlfriends to suicide, have their college buddies executed, poison their wives, murder their nephews, and leave their country open to takeover by an invading foreign power. However, just to be on the safe side, we encourage all Danes to simply refrain from breeding so that their foul and hideous race may be wiped from the face of the planet."
Mind you, I would like to disassociate myself from the views expressed there. It's been centuries since the Danes last terrorised whole nations into paying them to go away, and you've got to forgive and forget, haven't you?
Best footnote in a script ever: The Reduced Shakespeare Company's Compleat Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), p. 103.
"Hamlet: ... in this harsh world draw my breath in pain to tell my story. [Fn 11184] The rest is silence.
"11184: 'tell my story'; Hamlet, and the entire Royal Danish court at Elsinore, are obviously a fairly sordid lot. By telling their story, the RSC in no way wishes to imply that ALL Danes kill their brothers, marry their widows, usurp the throne, drive their girlfriends to suicide, have their college buddies executed, poison their wives, murder their nephews, and leave their country open to takeover by an invading foreign power. However, just to be on the safe side, we encourage all Danes to simply refrain from breeding so that their foul and hideous race may be wiped from the face of the planet."
Mind you, I would like to disassociate myself from the views expressed there. It's been centuries since the Danes last terrorised whole nations into paying them to go away, and you've got to forgive and forget, haven't you?
